Community Engagement Coordinator Tasmania

1 week ago


Hobart, Australia Visability Full time

Posted: 14/01/2025

Closing Date: 14/04/2025

**Job Type**: Permanent Full-Time

Location: Hobart, Southern Tasmania TAS

Job Category: Community Services and Development,Marketing

**A little about us**:
EverAbility Group have a long and proud history of providing services for people with disabilities across Western Australia and Tasmania. Together, our team of nearly 200 staff and over 500 volunteers support our growing group of diverse services.

Our growing family of services at EverAbility Group include:
**VisAbility** - our specialised service supporting people with blindness or vision impairment.

**Guide Dogs WA and Guide Dogs Tasmania** - our iconic service raising and training life changing assistance dogs.

**Kites Children’s Therapy** - our early intervention support, advice and solutions service transforming the lives of children and their families living with disability or developmental challenges.

**Perron Place** - our innovative and collaborative community centre.

This opens up a world of possibilities for our clients - and also opens up a host of career opportunities for you

**About the Role**:
We're looking for a passionate and dynamic **Community Engagement Coordinator** to join our Marketing and Fundraising team. In this vital role, you will be responsible for building and nurturing strong relationships with key external stakeholders, including schools, corporate organizations, community centres, and more. You will organise and deliver impactful community engagement activities and events that support our mission, promote services, and drive fundraising efforts.

Working closely with internal teams, including the Program Manager Fundraising, you’ll help shape the strategic direction for community fundraising activities, key events, and initiatives. You will also lead and support a dedicated team of officers, and ensure volunteers are well-supported, trained, and motivated to contribute.

If you're a proactive, collaborative leader with a passion for making a difference, we’d love to hear from you

**Key responsibilities and accountabilities**

**Team Leadership**
- Responsible for line-managing two Community Engagement Officers, ensuring alignment with objectives and industry standards, while providing guidance, support, and mentorship to enhance their effectiveness in community engagement and fundraising efforts.

**Stakeholder Engagement**:

- Develop and maintain relationships with external stakeholders to maximize community fundraising and engagement opportunities.
- Support individuals and organisations raising funds for Guide Dogs and VisAbility Tasmania
- Collaborate with the Program Manager Fundraising Tasmania to create long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships for ongoing community and annual giving commitments.

**Community Outreach**:

- Engage with external stakeholders and audiences to promote Guide Dogs and VisAbility Tasmania and contribute towards the identification of potential donor, community fundraising and service partners.
- Work with key internal stakeholders on service partner opportunities, promote where appropriate and ensure that service partner agreements are communicated and progressed to relevant internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with both Community Engagement Officers (North and South) to plan and execute community engagement events and activities.

**Partnership Building**:

- Identify and evaluate new and existing community engagement and fundraising partnerships with organisations and groups to support the organisations community fundraising objectives and targets.
- Develop and deliver against new and existing community engagement and fundraising partnership agreements and initiatives to maximise community fundraising opportunities.

**Education and Awareness**:

- Deliver presentations, workshops and information sessions to educate external stakeholders about opportunities to support the services offered by Guide Dogs and VisAbility Tasmania.

**Data and Reporting**:

- Maintain records of interactions and partnerships and regularly report on community engagement activities to the Managers so that these can be shared and actioned with the relevant teams across the organisation

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Skills and attributes**:

- Minimum 5 years proven experience in community fundraising and/or engagement.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- Excellent presentation and public speaking skills.
- Results-driven with a focus on expanding the organisation's reach and impact.
- Current drivers’ licence, National Police Clearance, Working with Vulnerable People Check (NDIS endorsed)

**Benefits**:
In return, you will be rewarded with:

- 3 additional days of paid leave during the Christmas and New Year holidays
- NFP salary packaging means you can increase your take-home pay
- Access to purchased leave
- Working in a supportive



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